This is an analysis of To Roumania by Henry Lawson.

Rifles of the Rear Guard,
Rattling through the rain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbAb AcAcac
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 100011 100101 1011101 010101 100011 11101 100011 00111 100011 010111 0100011 100111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12